BRAZIL: Fashion designer Carolina Herrera lights up Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue in pink to raise breast cancer awareness

Record ID: 793196

  • Title: BRAZIL: Fashion designer Carolina Herrera lights up Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue in pink to raise breast cancer awareness
  • Date: 7th October 2010
  • Summary: CHRIST STATUE BATHED IN PINK LIGHT GENERAL VIEW OF HERRERA DURING EVENT HERRERA VARIOUS OF CHRIST STATUE BATHED IN PINK LIGHTING
  • Embargoed: 22nd October 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Brazil
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Fashion,Health
  • Reuters ID: LVA7HOKRJ6GEXVL9JUZEJOZWTSNF
  • Story Text: Fashion designer Carolina Herrera lights up Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue in pink to raise breast cancer awareness.
    Venezuelan designer Carolina Herrera flipped the switch to illuminate Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in pink on Tuesday (October 5) night, in an effort to prevent breast cancer and raise awareness.
    The 130-foot (40-meter) monument, which looks out over Rio's dramatic view of beaches and mountains, displayed pink lights as part of a campaign to help kick off October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
    Herrera went along with her daughters and turned on the lights to celebrate the "Pink October" initiative.
    "If we all work together, we will be successful because we have to work in the fight against breast cancer and to help women understand that they must be tested and that they could be cured (if detected early),"
    Herrera said.
    The designer arrived in Brazil earlier this week and launched a special edition of one of her fragrances.
    On Friday (October 1), more than 40 landmarks around the world displayed pink lights in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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